Where does “carotenogenic” come from?
carotenogenic (English) comes from English carotene, from English carrot, from Middle English karette, from Translingual Caretta, from French caret, from French car, from Latin quare, from Latin rēs — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
carotenogenic (English): Of or pertaining to carotenogenesis
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to carotenogenesis
Ancestry of “carotenogenic”, step by step
carotenogenic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carotene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carotene | A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary... |
| 2 | English | carrot | A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root... |
| 3 | Middle English | karette | carrot |
| 4 | Translingual | Caretta | genus |
| 5 | French | caret | loggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel |
| 6 | French | car | as, since, because, for; a single-decked... |
| 7 | Latin | quare | by what means, how; from what cause, on what... |
| 8 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 9 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 10 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 11 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 12 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 13 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 14 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 15 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 16 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 17 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
via English ‐o‐
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐o‐ | — |
| 2 | English | -prim | Used to form names of trimethoprim derivatives acting as |
| 3 | English | trimethoprim | A synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and... |
| 4 | English | trimethoxy | Three methoxy groups in a molecule |
| 5 | English | methoxy | The univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol |
| 6 | English | oxy- | Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning... |
| 7 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 8 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |